Patoptoformis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
Description The genus consists of small dark colored moths with dark hair densely covering the body. The antennae are bipectinate. Forewing with a scarcely seen streaky pattern; hindwing dark without pattern; fringe evenly dark on both wings. Sexual dimorphism weakly expressed but female somewhat larger than male with wider wings and non-pectinate antennae.
Distribution The genus is known from Nepal, Northeast India (Assam), Laos, and southwestern China (Sichuan).
Species There are four recognized species: Patoptoformis ganesha (Yakovlev, 2004) Patoptoformis hanuman Yakovlev, 2006 Patoptoformis poltavskyi Yakovlev, 2020 Patoptoformis rimsaitae Saldaitis & Yakovlev, 2012
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